Serpentine wrote:
OK, I admit I don't know one US autism charity from another. But I have heard a lot of negative comments about Autism Speaks on this site.
What's their deal? Is it just that it's a bunch of NTs speaking for people with ASD and Asperger's rather than letting us speak, or are they actively trying to eliminate the whole lot of us and turn us into good little normies?
If given proper support and coping skills, I'm not so sure that the condition is even a bad thing, though it can certainly be difficult (and I was not given proper support or coping skills). I have quite a few gifts which I'm pretty certain would not exist if my brain was rewired the "normal" way.
Several things, they spent a lot of time and money trying to find a way to prenatally diagnose us for the sake of abortion, they have supported abusive therapies, spread misinformation regarding autism, used fear tactics to get donations , sued autistic people who spoke out against them, have plagiarized many articles from autistic people and more.
They have gotten a little better, but only because they were forced.
Ooooo. That's a fair sight more damaging than the self-appointed "expert" trying to hawk her books.
29 Aug 2018, 1:07 pm
